дол

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dol"

Belarusian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doɫ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

дол • (dol) m inan (genitive до́лу, nominative plural до́лы)

1. bottom, ground
2. (colloquial) grave

Declension

Declension of дол (inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	дол dol	до́лы dóly
genitive	до́лу dólu	до́лаў dólaŭ
dative	до́лу dólu	до́лам dólam
accusative	дол dol	до́лы dóly
instrumental	до́лам dólam	до́ламі dólami
locative	до́ле dólje	до́лах dólax
count form	—	до́лы1 dóly1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “дол” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dolъ. Typically reconstructed as an o-stem, in Bulgarian the word exhibits u-stem declension, as attested in the adverb Bulgarian до́лу (dólu, “down”) (fosilized locative case). Compare Old Church Slavonic долъ (dolŭ), gen. долоу (dolu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɔɫ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

дол • (dol) m (relational adjective до́лов)

1. dale, vale

   Synonyms: дере́ (deré), (dialectal) ува́л (uvál)

2. gully, gorge, ravine

   Synonyms: (dialectal) дра́га (drága), жрело́ (žreló), про́лом (prólom), (dialectal) овра́г (ovrág)

3. (simplified colloquial) lowland, low place

   Synonym: низина́ (niziná)

Declension

Declension of дол

	singular	plural
indefinite	дол dol	до́лове, доло́ве, доли́ща, до́ли1, до́ле1 dólove, dolóve, dolíšta, dóli1, dóle1
definite (subject form)	долъ́т dolǎ́t	до́ловете, доло́вете, доли́щата, до́лите1, до́лете1 dólovete, dolóvete, dolíštata, dólite1, dólete1
definite (object form)	дола́ dolá
count form	—	до́ла dóla

¹Dialectal collective.

Derived terms

• до́лен (dólen, “low, inferior, bottom”)
  • до́лница (dólnica, “lower part, component”)
  • до́лнище (dólnište, “lower part”), долни́ще (dolníšte, “bottom, low place”)
• долина́ (doliná, “valley”)
• до́лец (dólec) (obsolete)
  • долчина́ (dolčiná, “hollow”)

References

• “дол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “дол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dolъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɔɫ]

Noun

дол • (dol) m (plural долови)

1. dale
2. fold
3. gorge
4. gully

Declension

Declension of дол

	singular	plural
indefinite	дол (dol)	долови (dolovi)
definite unspecified	долот (dolot)	доловите (dolovite)
definite proximal	долов (dolov)	доловиве (dolovive)
definite distal	долон (dolon)	доловине (dolovine)
vocative	долу (dolu)	долови (dolovi)
count form	—	дола (dola)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dolъ. Cognate with English dale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doɫ]
• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

дол • (dol) m inan (genitive до́ла, nominative plural до́лы, genitive plural доло́в)

1. (poetic) dale, vale

Declension

Declension of дол (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-e) 

	singular	plural
nominative	до́л dól	до́лы dóly
genitive	до́ла dóla	доло́в dolóv
dative	до́лу dólu	дола́м dolám
accusative	до́л dól	до́лы dóly
instrumental	до́лом dólom	дола́ми dolámi
prepositional	до́ле dóle	дола́х doláx

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• до̑

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dolъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dôːl/

Noun

до̑л m (Latin spelling dȏl)

1. dale, small valley

Declension

Declension of дол

	singular	plural
nominative	до̑л	до̀лови/до̑ли
genitive	до̏ла	долова/дола
dative	долу	доловима/долима
accusative	дол	долове/доле
vocative	доле	долови/доли
locative	долу	доловима/долима
instrumental	долом	доловима/долима

Derived terms

• долѝна

References

• “дол”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025